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[dɪˈvɪʒn], (Noun)
Definitions:
- the action of separating something into parts or the process of being separated
(e.g: the division of the land into small fields)
- difference or disagreement between two or more groups, typically producing tension
(e.g: a growing sense of division between north and south)
- the process of dividing one number by another
(e.g: no multiplication or division is necessary)
- each of the parts into which something is divided
(e.g: the main divisions of the book)
- a partition
(e.g: the villagers lived in a communal building and there were no solid divisions between neighbours)
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Origin
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late Middle English: from Old French devisiun, from Latin divisio(n-), from the verb dividere (see divide)
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